Looking Ahead...

I've been making a few of these felted wool brooches every week and am enjoying choosing the color combinations of dyed wool fleece and embroidery floss.

There is just something about the traditional heart shape that I love! First, I felted the hearts by using a cookie cutter as a guide for the shape. Then using pearled DMC embroidery floss, I embellished the hearts and sewed the two together. Lastly, I sewed a metal clasp pin to the back.

A nice Valentine's Day gift, but really nice for all year round as well!

Evergreen Garland

I love evergreen garlands and went out into the woods yesterday while the evergreen trees were clear of snow and brought in some boughs to decorate above the windows in the living room. Instead of bringing in a tree, I decided to hang our ornaments on the garland along with some lights.

Wishing you all a Joyful Christmas!

Acorn Garland

Acorns with crocheted caps became a garland for a stairway window. The caps were filled with felted wool of many colors and became a decoration for the others in the group.Note snow outdoors which arrived Dec 7 th and it looks like it is going to stay.

Craft Group Day

When the wind caused the power to go out, the school closed. We enjoyed having Jess join our craft group today. Here are the results of our needle felting efforts: a tropical hummingbird (Jess), Santas (Shirley and Kyla) and a final garland (Carolyn).

Felted Snowflakes

Still having fun needle felting, and this time I decided to add some embroidery floss embellishments. With wool and floss colors, there are many color combinations to choose from!

Christmas Fairs

I've been working all week on sea glass and beach stone jewelry for the local Holiday Arts Market at the Artists Guild.  My back and fingers are sore, but everything is ready to go to the Guild tomorrow!

Garlands for the Season

This garland one is made of apples, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and rose hips. The stars were felted separately. It's all on wreath wire. The idea came from PBS, a program with P. Allen Smith.Try nuts, pasta, fruits and veggies that will dry out. Have fun!

Knitted Christmas Balls

I found some great patterns for knitted Christmas Tree ornaments.  They knit up quickly and look great.  A very good way to use up small bits of extra homespun yarn.

felted acorns

As seen in Carolyn's last post, we have begun some needle felting projects and felted acorns are a quick and easy project that are so cute! They can be displayed in a bowl, or a twine tie can be added for hanging them as an ornament, or they can be used as a decoration on a grass or grapevine wreath. Oh, the possibilities!

Craft Group

kyla and grass wreath

reba making grass wreath

kyla, reba shirley felting

carolyn's felted sunflower

Here we all are recently, making wreaths from native grasses grown at Carolyn' house. We used jute to tie the grasses together and then bent them into a circle and trimmed with ribbons and pressed leaves. Then we started to do some felting because Shirley mentioned her cookie cutter collection ( sizable). Reba showed us how to use the felting needles and cookie cutter we had to make objects for different purposes. We ended up with felted pumpkins, sunflowers and apples. We all agreed to come back next week and do more felting.